Saturday, May 2, 2009

Big day out

The wee girl and I went to the Made 'n Thornbury market this morning. After a gloriously sunny, blue-skied-but-chilly autumn day walk we found the hall packed with colour and people... including the vibrant CurlyPops stall.Ms CurlyPops did a great round-up of stallholders here(which, rather conveniently, saves me from having to do all that linking....).It was lovely to chat with Taccolina, Tinniegirl and Beccasaurus and One Little Acorn (as well as a few blogless friends and associates) while the wee one was busy at the kid's craft table and face-painting(WHAT AN EXCELLENT THING TO HAVE AT A CRAFT MARKET!!!).It was great to catch up with Sandra of Pepperberry & Co. I taught her in a class at the Stitches and Craft Show recently and then was lucky enough to win a giveaway on her blog (more of that on another post...). I was SO IMPRESSED with this girl's product range and the level of professionalism in her display.... not bad for 8 days preparation, huh?

I also met the gorgeous Seren and Tilly (ages 10 and "nearly 10") who had a stall and were selling their fantastic handcrafted goods.Tilly made the hairclips and Seren made the frogs. My wee girl went home with one of each (and loves them both). I went home with memories rekindled of myself at that age, doing much the same thing. You GO, girls! (You SEW, girls!!)

We then headed for the Substation in Newport for the Art Market. What a fantastic building it is!! Tall, tall windows streaming in light... and fabulous crafty people and artists galore.